Ricky LIbtardo
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You don't know many felons do you?Florida is the razor's edge in this years Presidential election and if 750,000 convicted felons with outstanding fines and financial obligations are allowed to vote it's probably already a slam dunk for Biden. You pretty much need Florida to win the Presidency. And if this Judge's decision stands I don't see any way Trump can win. This will ricochet across America.
Liberal logic, if you force me to pay my fine in order to vote then that's a poll tax. God help America.
"The case at the center of the decision stems from a constitutional amendment overwhelmingly approved by Florida voters in 2018 overturning a 150-year-old law that permanently disenfranchised people with felony convictions.
The result was celebrated by supporters as the nation's largest expansion of voting right in decades, but seven months later, the state's Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, signed a bill limiting the law only to those who have successfully paid their court-related debts. DeSantis said the law was needed in order to clarify what the amendment meant by "all terms," but critics charged that the measure amounted to a "poll tax."
Federal Judge Rules Florida Law Restricting Voting Rights For Felons Unconstitutional
A U.S. District judge has ruled that the law, which would have required felons to pay court-related debts before they can register to vote, discriminates against those who cannot afford the payments.www.npr.org
You would be surprised at the presence of sheer red, white and blue Jingoism that resides behind bars dude....you have no idea.
JO
You haven't paid your debt to society until all your fines and court costs have been paid. If the voters in Florida vote to give felons voting rights that is a law. It doesn't mean they can forego their responsibility prior to voting. Just the facts, Jack.
